More then we bargained for

The thought of her father was sudden, and irrational. Despite her desire to hide her reaction, she couldn’t fully contain the way she stiffened. Alert, and sampling the air. There was someone here, she was sure of it. Someone that saw the two wolves as prey. Of course her first thought went to the man that had stolen her. He had been the sole focus of her life for too long for her to consider that it might be another kind of threat entirely.

She saw Kichi next to her, glance at her, and then sniff the air himself. Catching on to her unease. What was that? What was that smell? Musky and large and as icy as winter itself. Not her father, definitely. It was almost like - there! The white, powerful creature came hurtling towards them.

For a moment too long she froze. Fear of a fight and contact and her own inadequacies rooting her to the spot. If it wasn’t for Kichi she would have been bear food. The other wolf didn’t hesitate for a moment. He went charging in, as if the great white wasn’t far out of his weight class, and wasn’t a thousand pounds of raw muscle bearing down on him. Sera paused again, watching in astonishment as a large paw swept him and sent him tumbling. Giving an opening for the bear. At last, Sera’s paws began to move.

Not away, like was sensible and logical and the only practical thing to do. No, the girl went running with a howl towards her packmate. Now that the bear wasn’t charging, she had speed on her side. She moved to the opposite side of the bear. Fainting in, pretending to take a bite and dashing away from the large paws, which missed her by a breath. She felt the air of the hit fluttering through her fur. Then she was charging back to Kichi’s side, clenching her teeth about the nape of his neck and shuddering a full body shiver at the contact as she attempted to haul him back to his feet.

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